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Commonwealth Health plans to purchase Advanced Imaging Specialists and make it an outpatient facility of Moses Taylor Hospital.

The name of the Scranton facility and doctors working there will not change, those familiar with the transaction said.

Advanced Imaging Specialists has operated as a joint venture of Radiological Consultants Inc. and Mercy Hospital since 2009. The arrangement carried over when for-profit hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc. acquired Mercy in May of 2011 and made it part of Commonwealth Health. After the transaction, Commonwealth Health will purchase the balance of Radiological Consultants' ownership.

"They are in this relationship and it is a good relationship," said Rosemary Broderick, corporate executive at Advanced Imaging. "CHS is committed to continuing the fine reputation for patient care and has resources to commit to support the quality of service."

The transition should be seamless, she said. The physicians who make up Radiological Consultants will continue to staff the facility.

Hospital officials shared the news with staff in a memo Thursday, stating the deal should close by the end of the summer, pending approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

"With its reputation for high-quality care, the acquisition of AIS enhances and complements Commonwealth Health's substantial array of outpatient diagnostic services," Commonwealth Health said in a statement. All current staff in good standing will remain at current pay levels. Financial details were not disclosed.

Advanced Imaging Specialists opened in 2003.

Contact the writer: dfalchek@timesshamrock.com

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